Dan McKnight joins Scott to discuss his very important organization, Bring Our Troops Home, which argues against America's endless wars in the Middle East from a constitutional conservative position. Scott explains how the left has always been pretty good on the war...
Afghanistan
10/4/19 Adam Wunische on the Real Costs of the War in Afghanistan
by Scott Horton | Oct 6, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Adam Wunische joins the show to discuss his work in assessing the true costs of the war in Afghanistan and the future of the American military there. He and Scott remind us that most metrics used to describe the costs of war assume that you can put a value on the loss...
Trump Increases Strikes Against Afghanistan
by Scott Horton | Oct 4, 2019 | Blog
The war he wanted out of the most. At least they're talking again.
News Roundup 10/3/19
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 3, 2019 | News Roundup
US News Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger gets ten years for murdering an unarmed man. Guyger entered the wrong apartment and then shot the unarmed man she claimed she believed was breaking into her apartment. [Link] Customs and Border Patrol is spending $1.2...
News Roundup 10/2/19
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 2, 2019 | News Roundup
US News A Twitter executive is also a member of a Brittish Army propaganda unit. Caitlin Johnstone explains Twitter’s hypocrisy. [Link] Trump talked with foreign leaders to set up contacts with his Justice Department's investigation of Russiagate. [Link] The Trump...
It’s Not About Osama bin Laden
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 27, 2019 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #401, I argue that the war on terror is not about stopping and killing terrorists. From Afghanistan to the TSA at your local airport, what the government is doing to "prevent terrorism" is not about stopping the next 9/11. Most Americans still believe the...
Impotent Rage
by Kym Robinson | Sep 25, 2019 | Featured Articles, Justice
It is with a sense of justice that most of us cling to the idea that all wrongs will in some way be righted. It is the romantic belief in law and order, that somehow an impartial system of arbitration can and will find the solution to millions of moments of intimate...
Joint US-Afghan Strike Kills 40 Civilians at Wedding
by Jason Ditz | Sep 24, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
For the second time in a week, a US military operation in Afghanistan has ended with a large number of civilians dead, and US officials offering very dubious arguments as to why it wasn’t their fault. The Sunday night attack saw US and Afghan commandos raid a house in...
Blog
Nearly 2,000 Children Killed in Ukraine, Over 15,000 in Gaza
Guess which one has been described by US government officials as a “genocide”.
Niger Tells Americans To Leave: American Influence in Africa will be Non-existent in Ten Years
More please. More State Department behavior like this will reduce the American footprint of influence planet-wide. “[Prime Minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine] said the Nigerian leaders took particular umbrage at remarks by Molly Phee, the State Department’s top...
The Logic of It All
This is how some people think: Business has long used the government to gain benefits it could not get in the marketplace. I have the cure for that: Abolish the market and expand the government to encompass all of society.
Another Aspect of the Eternal Intelligence Failure in the West
Had a brain zephyr. I know this because I am on the spectrum. The intelligence community (IC) hires high IQ but neuro-divergent individuals who have difficulty with tone and context and that colors reporting, assessments and final analyses. Couple that with...
What Is Easy and What Is Not Easy
It is easy to oppose Israel's massacre in the Gaza Strip. Just watch a few horrifying videos. What is not easy is understanding the price system, its prerequisites -- private property and free exchange -- and its benefits for mankind, including civil peace.
Firing Blanks: The Pentagon as a Fiscal Disaster Factory
I have mentioned previously that the introduction of all the latest and greatest western weapons in the inventory given to the Ukraine would have some very deleterious effects in the future. One was permitting possible future antagonists to observe and and take...
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